The word "迷你" (mí nǐ) is formed through a creative and phonetic adaptation of the English word "mini", where the first character "迷" mimics the "mi" sound and the second character "你" approximates the "ni" sound. However, its genius lies in a semantic twist: while "迷" can mean "to fascinate" or "enthusiast", and "你" means "you", the combined term suggests the meaning "to fascinate you" or "enchantingly small". Thus, it is not a direct translation but a phonetic borrowing that was then reinterpreted to give it an appealing and marketable meaning in Chinese, perfectly capturing the concept of something being attractively small or compact.